A.S. Company: ARO Year:1928-1939
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Company:A.S. Year:1928-1939 Towards Romanian
In 1957 regional mechanical plant IMS in city Kympulung, in south-carpathian district Muschel, began the assembly an cargo transportation car “IMS-57″, identical soviet GAZ-69A. In two years variant “IMS-59″ has got the own engine “M59A” power 56 l.s. S1964 released the variant “M-461″ cargo-carrying capacity 650 kgs with romanian 4-cylinder upper valve engine “M207A” (2512 sm3, 70 l.s.) and 4-step-like gearbox. In 1972 reconstructed enterprise was renamed to “Mechanical plant Muschel” (Intreprinderea Mecanica Muscel), for shprt IMM, and has proceed with production in series more making full rights family “240″, got mark ARE - Automobilul RomSnesc (”Romanian car”). Aside from several cargo transportation variant, in he entered the pickup truck “ARO-242″ full mass 2,5 t (cargo-carrying capacity 800 kgs) with wheel base 2350 mms, all-metal basket and 2-local booth. With 1978 on his base offered 1,2-tonn light lorry “ARO-320″ (4×2) with on-board platform, wheel base 3200 mms, 2- or 5-local booth. On they used 4-cylinder gasoline engine “L25″ (2495 sm3, 80 l.s.) and diesel “D127″ (3120 sm3, 65 l.s.). The pickup truck “242D” appeared In 1982 with new diesel “L27″ (2660 sm3, 68-71 l.s.), designed with company FIAT (FIAT). The Cars family “240″ are constantly modernized and are released to date. Their offer in multiple performances with romanian or foreign 4- and 6-cylinder gasoline or diesel engine by power 91-147 l.s., 4- and 5-step-like gearbox. With 1980 on the base unit passenger cars “Danmark” (Dacia) release the second family an cargo transportation machines “ARO-10″. In he enters the pickup trucks “ARO-10.0″ and “10.6″ cargo-carrying capacity 760 kgs with wheel base 2400 and 2650 mms accordingly, as well as variants “10.8″ with hard horseback and “10.9″ with 5-local booth. On they install different gasoline or diesel engines by power 62-94 l.s.